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BK International, the contractor who constructed a significant portion of the Upper Corentyne Highway, has been instructed to immediately undertake remedial works to fix the broken sections [of the roadway]. A section of the roadway has been deteriorating—a section that was only done just over a year ago.A section of the roadway along the Corentyne Highway (Eversham) which has deteriorated massively in less than a year after construction.Speaking with Kaieteur News recently, Region Six Chairman, David Armogan, admitted that several sections of the Corentyne Highway have to be done over. “A lot of those works are still on warranty because they were only done last year”.He stated that he has written to the Minister of Public Works “and he has assured me that these contractors will go back and do the work but this has been quite some time, and maybe I need to remind him—two to three months ago I wrote to him”.H. Nauth Civil Contracting Services of East Coast Demerara as well as B.K International Contractors were the two road- builders who undertook the rehabilitation of the Corentyne highway in 2010 and 2011. H. Nauth built the portion from East Canje to the Central Corentyne while BK International built the section from Central Corentyne to Skeldon.“I think we need to get behind these contractors—I am not satisfied that they are moving fast enough to get the remedial works done and maybe because they are occupied doing other works too, because BK International was involved in one phase of the work and H. Nauth was responsible for the other phase—they are very busy in the region now doing a lot of additional work.“Maybe because their machines are otherwise occupied, they are not getting the time, but I will have to put pressure on them to get those parts of the Corentyne Highway that have already deteriorated, back to a level that we want it to be”.The Canje River Bridge, too,Cheap MLB Jerseys, he said has been deteriorating at several parts “and the Permanent Secretary of the Works Ministry has assured me that they are going to have that rectified shortly as well as the lights on the bridge”.A contract was signed, too, for the rehabilitation of the impassable Republic Road in New Amsterdam, Winkel Road and Tucber Road, all in New Amsterdam, totaling some $20M. The Ministry of Finance and Works Ministry have awarded the contracts to rehabilitate the Strand Road as well. “Over the next couple of days, you will see works being done on these roads”.An additional 69 roads will be rehabilitated by the region and contracts have been awarded. Based on requests, too, from residents 15 more roads will be considered by the Chief Planning Officer, “and I am not sure if he will give me all 15 but if he gives me half of that amount it will go a long way in assisting residents.“We have 7 contractors in the region who are doing it in lots…it has been divided among them so work is going apace there and we are insisting that it must be done before the end of the year, so quite a lot of roads will come to acceptable levels before year- end”, he noted. |
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